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[Man with "Possessed" sign around his neck]
[Man with "Possessed" sign around his neck]

[Man with "Possessed" sign around his neck]

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1974
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumInk and crayon
DimensionsObject: 8 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (22.7 × 27.6 cm) Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 5/16 in. (23 × 28.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1987.029
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
Alan Dunn
1943
"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"
"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"
Alan Dunn
1966
[Man in double-decker bus getting his cigarette lit]
[Man in double-decker bus getting his cigarette lit]
Alan Dunn
1949
[Man standing under umbrella sign of repair shop in the rain]
[Man standing under umbrella sign of repair shop in the rain]
Alan Dunn
1947
"One of McAuliffe's boys - He wants his loan to start a nut shop."
"One of McAuliffe's boys - He wants his loan to start a nut shop."
Alan Dunn
1945
“If you are not careful he will show up in his theatre uniform and tell you he is an admiral.”
“If you are not careful he will show up in his theatre uniform and tell you he is an admiral.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"More bad news, gentlemen. The Sheik of El Quisaiba has turned in one of his Cadillacs for a Zis."
"More bad news, gentlemen. The Sheik of El Quisaiba has turned in one of his Cadillacs for a Zis."
Alan Dunn
1957
"Don't deliver it too early. I don't want to take the edge off his Christmas."
"Don't deliver it too early. I don't want to take the edge off his Christmas."
Alan Dunn
1956
"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."
"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. I can just see Harry ever doing anything like that for me!"
"It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. I can just see Harry ever doing anything like that for me!"
Alan Dunn
1958
"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."
"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."
Alan Dunn
1954
"I'd like you to meet Miss Tucker, who's over here on a Guggenheim, Miss Coley, who's here on a Fullbright, and Mr. Stewart, who's on his own."
"I'd like you to meet Miss Tucker, who's over here on a Guggenheim, Miss Coley, who's here on a Fullbright, and Mr. Stewart, who's on his own."
Alan Dunn
1959